Eight years ago the Naval Observatory was broadcasting time three times daily, with an average error of from 0.03 to 0.05 second. Like all other time‐determining observatories in the world, time was determined by visual observations of the transits of stars over the meridian of the Naval Observatory.During the past eight years the Naval Observatory has gained a reputation for its accuracy and its cooperation. One of the European authorities, in an official report listing the various fundamental observatories in the world in accordance with their accuracy, rated the United States Observatory 100 per cent, while the various observatories in Europe and South America were tabulated with varying percentages of accuracy. The nearest competitor was Potsdam shown with 100 on its right‐ascension work, but only 70 per cent on its declination‐work. This institution received 100 per cent on both. About that time, the French Government also gave us an excellent rating on our time‐